> First of all, this *BSD ports base is entirely unnecessary.
This makes sense -- especially because the dpkg/apt system is what really
makes Debian.
> What's needed is a `base' debian-bsd system. The basic (/bin,
> /sbin) *BSD binaries is what is needed to be packaged the Debian
> way.
I agree that the base system (to be Debian) should be packaged the
Debian-way.
But many of the BSD /bin and /sbin binaries are not truly compatible with
GNU equivalents. So does this mean forcing the Debian packages and Debian
routines (like dpkg pre-installation scripts) to use the BSD tools
instead?
Or should the BSD tools be changed? (But then it wouldn't be the
"audited" BSD tools anymore.)
Jeremy C. Reed
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